Results of Spanish Exploration

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Results of Spanish Exploration

• By Holly Batsford
• June 20, 2006

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Mestisos

• Mestisos ½ Spanish 1/2 Indian
• Conquistadors married Indian women. Their
  children were called Mestisos (AKA Mexicans)

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Catholicism brought to Americas

• Spanish built missions to convert Indians to
  Catholicism
• Most Hispanics in Americas today are Catholic

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Spanish culture brought to the Americas

• Spanish language
• Spanish architecture

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Dictatorships in Latin American Countries

• DictatorshipGovt in which a single ruler
  (dictator) rules with absolute authority. The
  people have no say in govt.
• Today many Latin American countries have a recent
  history of dictatorships.

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Cowboys

• Spanish brought horses and cattle to America
• Later Mexican cowboys (vacqueros) would set up
  ranches

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Exchange of Plants between Americas Europe

• European plants brought to America citrus,
  bananas, sugar, cotton
• American plants brought to Europe potatoes,
  sweet potatoes, corn, tobacco, chocolate
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Fun Facts

• Mestisos means mixed in Spanish
• Indians had never seen horses before Cortes
  brought them to America. Horses impressed them so
  that this is partly why they thought he was a
  god.
• Cowboys are associated with the U.S. when
  actually cowboys all started in Mexico.
• The smoking of tobacco became a European craze
  after explorers saw Indians smoking pipes. King
  James I of England called smoking a filthy habit.

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Comprehension Check

• What is a Mestiso?
• What religion did the Spanish bring to America?
• Give 2 examples of Spanish culture in America.
• What is a dictatorship?
• How did the Spanish start the cowboy profession
  in America?
• Give examples of the plants exchanged between
  America and Europe.

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Works Cited

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• California Department of Education
• http//www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/hstgrade8.asp
• State content standards for Social Studies Grade
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• nvtech website
• search.nvtech.com
• picture Mexican male
• zulunation website
• www.zulunation.com
• picture of Indian woman
• floridahistory website
• www.floridahistory.com
• picture of Conquistador
• libutexas website
• lib.utexas.edupicture of panama
• Holt Rinehart website
• go.hrw.com
• map of Cuba